Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival 2013

Thursday 19th September, 6–10 pm
Saturday 21st September, 1–10 pm

The Boulevard, Imperial Wharf, London SW6 2QD

Imperial Wharf not only offers a wide range of haute cuisine restaurants, retail and leisure opportunities but also hosts the highly acclaimed Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival.

The Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival has established itself as London's premier stage for some of Britain's finest musicians. The free event, held on the Boulevard at Imperial Wharf, presents some of the very best jazz artists in the UK and gives Londoners the opportunity to hear these great artists in a fantastic surrounding.

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Love Supreme Jazz Fest 2013

The Love Supreme Jazz festival combines a classic jazz bill with a modern boutique, green field experience. Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Glynde Place in Sussex and in association with Jazz FM, Love Supreme will bring together 3 days of artists from the four corners of the world of Jazz; from Funk to Soul, Blues to Fusion. Four stages will see a diverse and premium bill that will combine jazz greats, international legends, cutting edge artists and the finest DJ's. 

Adieu Claude Nobs...

 Claude Nobs (February 4, 1936 – January 10, 2013) was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Nobs was born in Montreux, Switzerland. After apprenticing as a cook, Nobs worked in the Tourism Office of Montreux. He later went to New York, where he met Nesuhi Ertegün, the then-president of Atlantic Records. He also met Roberta Flack and invited her to the Rose d’Or de Montreux. Later, Aretha Franklin made her first visit to Europe thanks to him.

At the age of 31, while he was director of the Tourism Office of Montreux, he organized the first jazz festival featuring artists such as Charles Lloyd, Keith Jarrett, Ron McLure and Jack DeJohnette. This new festival was an immediate success, and gained a reputation far beyond Switzerland. Nobs quickly transformed his festival into an international gathering place for lovers of jazz.

London Jazz Festival

The London Jazz Festival, produced by Serious in association with BBC Radio 3, is the capital's biggest pan-city music festival, taking place annually in November. The Festival has long been acclaimed for showcasing a heady mix of talent from around the world. Widely acknowledged for delivering world-class artists and emerging stars, the Festival continues to take jazz to a massive audience, in one of UK's landmark music events. 

San Javier Jazz Festival, Spain (25/6 - 30/7 2011)

The 14th edition of the San Javier Jazz Festival which will be held from June 25th to July 30th, will be dedicated to the memory of Gary Moore and Solomon Burke and will include some of the best musicians in the current jazz and blues scene.

The return of legendary pianist Ramsey Lewis, this time with his Electric Band and with a Jazz-Funk project, a genre which he invented. Jazz Rock supergroup Chicago's first concert in Spain; the return of Eric Burdon & The Animals, and two of the world's most prestigious big bands, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with special guest John Pizzarelli are some of the highlights of this year's program.

Other jazz greats like Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander, Californian guitarist Lee Ritenour, or guitarist John Scofield will clear the way for other young musicians who are already world renown like Japanese pianist Hiromi with her new trio, Danish pianist Niels Lan Doky, or the new star of the accordion Ludovic Beier. Among the many European performers in this edition of the festival there will also be Spanish jazz musicians, like the pianist from Cadiz Sergio Monroy, the guitarist from Mallorca Biel Ballester and his trio who will perform with Romanian violinist Costel Nitescu, Catalonian pianist Albert Bover and his trio with the Detroit singer Carla Cook, and the also Catalonian pianist Jaume Vilaseca and his quartet with Indian sitarist Ravi Chary.

Other important names are the fantastic jazz vocalist Rene Marie; the great lady of the bossa nova Leny Andrade, or the French group Pink Turtle.

Blues and rock will also be featured, as expected in an edition dedicated to Gary Moore, therefore, in addition to the already mentioned performances by Chicago and Eric Burdon, there will be performances by Elvin Bishop, Lucky Peterson, Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes and veteran British singer Chris Farlowe with the Norman Beacker Band, without forgetting to mention San Francisco bluesman Joe Louis Walker.

All in all, an edition with concerts to satisfy the most diverse palates, and which will stay true to the festival's policy of maintaining popular prices for tickets and season passes so everyone can have easy access to the temple of jazz and blues that is the Parque Almansa auditorium.

Most of the concerts can also be enjoyed by fans throughout all of Spain thanks to the collaboration of Televisión Española, Radio 3 and 7 Región de Murcia.

Complete Program HERE...

Festival Season: "Voices Across The World" @ the Royal Opera House London

Orlando Gough, Royal Opera House Associate Artist, curates this year’s annual summer celebration of traditional and contemporary music from a variety of global cultures, with a focus on different singing traditions and the uniqueness of the human voice.

The Royal Opera House

Paul Hamlyn Hall 2pm - 6.30pm

July 31 2011, Covent Garden, London

Orlando has invited twelve of his favourite singers to perform at the Royal Opera House on one day. The singers will perform unplugged, either a cappella or with minimal accompaniment in the Paul Hamlyn Hall between 2pm and 6.30 pm. In Orlando’s words:

‘Each of them not only has an amazing voice but an original and radical attitude to singing’ :

Christian Zehnder is a spectacular yodeller and throat-singer.
John Tomlinson, the legendary opera singer with a seriously bass voice.
Mikhail Karikis is an eye-opening performer and ear-opening singer.
Erika Stucky sounds more like Tom Waits than any other female singer I know of.
Dessi Stefanova sings like a Bulgarian, which she is – enough said.
Clare Wilkinson sings early music as if it were brand new.
Manickam Yogeswaran is a Tamil from Sri Lanka with a voice of pure honey.
Phil Minton sings with a bravery verging on the heroic.
Loré Lixemberg is the most experimental opera singer I’ve ever come across.
Eska Mtungwazi sings jazz-soul-hip-hop-folk-African music with a friskiness verging on the ecstatic.
Talitha MacKenzie sings Gaelic music in a way that makes you understand Gaelic
Melanie Pappenheim has the voice of an angel and the sense of humour of the devil

Orlando Gough

There will also be surprise events in the other front-of-house spaces including an exclusive showing of the film Turbulent by artist Shirin Neshat and a chance to try out your own voice in an Extreme Karaoke – an aural playground created by composer Dominic Murcott.

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Motor Mouth Music Linbury Studio Theatre 7pm - Unreserved standing only

A selection of the singers from the day will join electronic artist Andrew McDonnell in a thrilling improvised session. Expect looping, live sampling, duets, trios, choruses, transformations - experimentation and exhilaration!

Festival Season 2011

It's been kinda lazy lately @ TJ headquarters and usually what it needs to get up and going again it's an email from the other part of the globe from a keen reader who just wants to know some crucial jazz dates in the Old Continent and beyond.
Montreux, Switzerland begins its allstar festivities on the 1st of July with Carlos Santana & John McLauglin. And that's only the opening act! Quincy Jones, Sting, BB King, , Paul Simon, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Jimmy Cliff, The Skatalites, Ziggy Marley, Alpha Blondy, Yousou N'Dour, Seal, Trilok Gurtu, Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin, George Benson, Leon Russel, Dr. John, Ruben Blades, Liza Minelli, Ricky Martin, Rumer, Esperanza Spalding, James Blake, Arcade Fire, Lamb, Mogwai, Deep Purple and TJ absolute favs RAPHAEL SAADIQ, CHARLES BRADLEY, ALOE BLACC, MARIO BIONDI, ERIC TRUFFAZ, FEMI KUTI and last but not least BOOTSY COLLINS!
Worth checking out the celebration for the 30 years of TommyBoy records with a concert featuring Africa Bambaata, Coolio, Digital Underground, House of Pain, Naughty by Nature, Prince Paul as well as a Tribute to Miles Davies with Herbie Hancock and Wayner Shorter!

The capital of Umbria region, Perugia, hosts one of the best European jazz festivals known as UMBRIA JAZZ (8-17 July). It's a perfect opportunity 4 us to make it public that this particular jazz institution is the spark of birth for this blog. In fact the idea of the blog was conceived while living in the Etruscan town and breathing the UJ air every summer!
Wanna know what's in store 4 this year's edition? Grab a bite ...
P R I N C E (yeah the one and only, Gilberto Gill & Sergio Mendes, BB King, Dee Alexander & Caro Emerald, Miles Tribute feat. Hancock, Shorter and Miller, OUR MAN AHMAD JAMAL, Branford Marsalis, Santana, Liza Minnelli, Renato Sellani & Massimo Moriconi, Stefano Mincone Trio, Anat Cohen Quartet, Giovanni Guidi Quintet (feat another TJ fav GIANLUCA PETRELLA), Tia Fuller Quartet, Chihiro Yamanaka Trio and many more...

Our (relatively) newest entry of favourite festivals, GP's WORLDWIDE takes place between 6 - 10 July in Sete France and between 16 - 18 September in Singapore (we'll be posting more about the Sing fest nearer to its dates).
Meanwhile in Southern France this year's line-up is rammed with heavyweight talent includes Raphael Saadiq live, Dam Funk w/ Master Blazter live, James Blake live, Jamie xx, Flying Lotus live, Mount Kimbie live, Derrick Carter, Laurent Garnier presents L.B.S live, Kode9, The Pyramids live, DJ Harvey, Konono No.1 live, Rich Medina, Benji B, Owiny Sigoma Band live, Sofrito Soundsystem, FM Belfast live, Cut Chemist, Joy Orbison, Brandt Brauer Frick live, Souleance live, Prommer & Barck live, Baths live, David Rodigan, Ghostpoet live, Pearson Sound aka Ramadanman, Rainer Truby, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Lefto, Simbad, Dj RKK, Quantic, Boiler Room x Young Turks, Ross Allen, Toshio Matsuura, MC Dynamite and many more

That's it for now folks...more essential info about Euro Twisted Jazz fests as we go along. Have a nice trippin' ...Take Care!

North Sea Jazz Festival

NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL - THE NETHERLANDS -
11, 12, 13 JULY 2008

Line Up: Bobby McFerrin, Omara Portuondo, Herbie Hancock Quintet, Al Jarreau, Sergio Mendes, Angie Stone, Bootsy Collins, Jill Scott, Mathew Herbert Big Band, Fink, Cassandra Wilson, Mark Murphy, Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Paul Simon, Chaka Khan, Gino Vanelli, George Benson, Tower of Power, Deodato, Anjelique Kidjo, Soil & Pimp Sessions, Acoustic Ladyland, Freddy Cole, Charlie Haden, James Carter, Lou Donaldson, Stefano Di Battista, Paul Bley, Brad Mehldau, Branford Marsalis, Diana Krall, Etta James, Joe Jackson and more

North Sea Jazz Festival official website

Massive Attack's Meltdown

Οι Massive Attack επιμελούνται το φετινό φεστιβάλ Meltdown (14-21 Ιουνίου) που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο South Bank Centre του Λονδίνου με εισιτήρια που κυμαίνονται μεταξύ 20-50 GBP (25-65 Euro). Το πρόγραμμα του Meltdown '08 περιλαμβάνει τους Massive Attack, Horace Andy, Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Heritage Orchestra, Shape of Broad Minds & Flying Lotus, Terry Calier & Aloe Blacc, George Clinton & Parliament. Εννιά μέρες γεμάτες φιλμ, συζητήσεις, συναυλίες, ομιλίες σε ένα από τα πλέον δραστήρια Πνευματικά Κέντρα της Βρετανικής μητρόπολης...

Ιστοσελίδα Meltdown @ South Bank Centre

Wordwide Festival

Εντυπωσιακό το πρόγραμμα και για το φεστιβάλ του Gilles Peterson, Worldwide, που σκαρώνει ο δαιμόνιος dj στο ψαροχώρι Sete στη Νότια Γαλλία. Το WWF 2008 θα πραγματοποιηθεί στις 3 - 5 Ιουλίου και περιλαμβάνει μεταξύ άλλων: Cinematic Orchestra, Laurent Garnier, Madlib, Sebastien Tellier, Pascal Comelade, Breakestra, Henrik Schwarz, Benga, Gilles Peterson, zero dB, Pilooski, Little Dragon, Dynamax, Marathon Men, Toshio Matsuura, L'Aroye and Ky ... με λίγα λόγια την αφρόκρεμα της παγκόσμιας Jazz, Hip Hop, Dub Step, Funk,House and Electro σκηνής.

Η επίσημη ιστοσελίδα του Worldwide Festival

42nd Montreux Jazz Festival

Ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα μουσικά γεγονότα της γηραιάς ηπείρου ανοίγει τις πύλες του από τις 3 έως τις 19 Ιουλίου. To 42o Φεστιβάλ Τζαζ του Μοντρέ φιλοξενεί τους σπουδαιότερους καλλιτέχνες της τζαζ και οχι μόνο.
Ενδεικτικά αναφέρουμε ορισμένα από τα ονόματα που έχουν ανακοινωθεί για φέτος: Abdullah Ibrahim, Al Jerrau, Alicia Keys, Anjelique Kidjo, Babyshambles (!!!), Belleruche, Billy Cobham, Buddy Guy, Chaka Kahn, Curtis Stigers, David Sanborn, Deep Purple, Eddy Grant, Erykah Badu, Etta James, Fischerspooner, Gary Moore, Gilberto Gill, Gnarls Barkley, Herbie Hancock, Interpol, James Lidell, Jill Scott, Joan Baez, Joe Jackson, John Mayall & The Blues Breakers, K. D. Lang, Katie Mehlua, Lenny Kravitz, Leonard Cohen, Luciano, Madness, Mick Hucknall, N.E.R.D, Nana Mouscouri, Nazareth (!!!), Paolo Bolognesi, Paolo Nuttini, Paul Simon, Petula Clark, Quincy Jones, Richard Galliano, Saxon, Sheryl Crow, Talib Kweli, The Kills, The National, Tower of Power, Travis, Underworld...

Ολόκληρο το πρόγραμμα σε pdf

Επίσημη ιστοσελίδα του Φεστιβάλ